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👥 Family name profile
Bras
The family name Bras occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 199 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
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plantations
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Occurrences
199
Registered in 1863
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river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven-cottica 1× · 199 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Bras
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
45 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bras | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Brass | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bras | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Christiana Rosalina Brasdorp Slavennaam: Christiana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clasina Dorothea Brasdorp Slavennaam: Clasina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constantia Brasdorp Slavennaam: Constantia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Doortje Louisa Brasdorp Slavennaam: Doortje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eleonora Geertruida Brasdorp Slavennaam: Eleonora | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lotje Elisabeth Brasdorp Slavennaam: Lotje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mathilda Alexandrina Brasdorp Slavennaam: Mathilda | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rebecca Antje Brasdorp Slavennaam: Rebecca | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodorus Jacobus Brasdorp Slavennaam: Theodorus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Candatie Clarijntje Braskamp Slavennaam: Candatie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Fiander Braskamp Slavennaam: Fiander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Harry Braskamp Slavennaam: Harry | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Braskamp Slavennaam: Henriette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hermanus Braskamp Slavennaam: Hermanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jolie Lambertus Braskamp Slavennaam: Jolie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adonis Cornelis Braswijk Slavennaam: Adonis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clara Bras Slavennaam: Klara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joseph Bras Slavennaam: Trobie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lodewijk Bras Slavennaam: Chrispijn | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Brashuis Slavennaam: Catootje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amalia Theresa Brashuis Slavennaam: Theresa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgetina Brashuis Slavennaam: Azia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Julia Brashuis Slavennaam: Afrika | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adolphina Susanna Brasmans Slavennaam: Santje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amalia Magdalena Brasmans Slavennaam: Magdalijntje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Philida Brasmans Slavennaam: Philida | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Marius Brasmans Slavennaam: Marius | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalena Semire Brasmans Slavennaam: Zemire | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adolphina Gertruida Brasil Slavennaam: Adolphina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Brasil Slavennaam: Eva | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertus Brasil Slavennaam: Albertus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alexander Brasil Slavennaam: Alexander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amalia Brasil Slavennaam: Amerika | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederika Brasil Slavennaam: Mathilda | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frits Brasil Slavennaam: Frits | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Brasil Slavennaam: Keetje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mariaantje Brasil Slavennaam: Mariaantje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martinus Brasil Slavennaam: John | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nikolaas Brasil Slavennaam: Wilman | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodorus Brasil Slavennaam: Theodorus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theresia Brasil Slavennaam: Theresia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Bras in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
Slavery & emancipation
📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA)
⛓ Emancipated 1863 (NA)
📃 Manumissions 1832–1863 (NA)
🌴 Maroons & Bushinengue (NA)
🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD)
✡️ Jewish/Sephardic (Robles de Medina, Nassy, Pinto, da Costa, ...)
🕯 Jewish Cultural Quarter
🏛 Jewish Historical Museum
⚱ Beth Haim Ouderkerk
🏛 Jodensavanne Foundation
🌐 JewishGen — worldwide
Civil registry, church & notarial records
🏛 Civil registry Suriname
⛪ DTB registers Suriname
✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht)
🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)
Indentured labour & immigration
International databases
Genealogy & community
👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl
📖 Surinamistiek — family names
📚 Surinamica.nl
🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide
🕊 NiNsee
🗺 Mapping Slavery
👤 Denie Kasan
💬 Stamboek Forum
Newspapers & other sources
📰 Delpher newspapers (1700–1995)
🗄 National Archives Suriname
📕 West-Indische Gids
📖 Buku Bibliotheca
✒ Caraïbische Letteren
External collections are maintained by third parties. Hits are name-based and may not all refer to this specific plantation — always verify in the source.